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Lease renewal
Our landlord has sadly died from covid and within the next two months our 12 month lease is due for renewal. His will is not straight forward and I believe things will not be sorted at by the time we come to renew our lease. My question is who is responsible regarding the lease renewal e.g length costs and terms .( is this…
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Should i apply for tax registration myself and how to do it?
Hi All, I started my own company in March 2019 and I haven't applied for tax registration yet, how should I do this and since my accountant is in lockdown I feel as I should do it now, please advise and thanks in advance
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Gross or net?
I know this is really simple but I work part time and have a small craft business working from home. Not been going long and most of my profits wiped out by expenses. So, say I have taken £2800 in orders and have £1900 in set up costs , etc meaning I have only made a profit of £900. Do I have to declare this as the money…
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Help please. self employment?
Please can I have some advice, please no negativity as I am feeling really anxious about everything at the moment and I just want to get things straight I bought my house, moved out into my boyfriends home, so I rent my house out. My bf is self employed and I started to help him with admin work, he started to pay me…
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Corporate Investment (technical tax question)
Hi When a company makes a corporate investment into funds, the dividends received are free from corporation tax. However, what happens when the fund is an Accumulation unit where no distributions are made? Thanks
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Business Expenses - Keeping a record of expensable monthly bills
Hello, I'm new to the self-employment world (recently registered as Sole Trader) and am currently trying to practice good habits in regards to bookkeeping from the get-go to avoid a meltdown come January. I'd like to know how I keep a record my monthly Website Hosting fee so I can expense it for my tax returns. 1-I'm…
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Recommendations for a shredder. Looking at the Rexel Auto+ range
Hi all, i’m looking for a shredder for my home office and came across the Rexel Auto+ range. Does anybody have any experience of using these or can they recommend an alternative. I like the fact that this range has a‘ flatbed‘ shredder function. Does anyone know of any others that have similar? thanks, R.
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PO Box for Charity Address?
I am the Treasurer of a Scottish charity that deals (mainly) with schools and Local Authorities. We refresh our Chair, Secretary and Treasurer every 4-6 years.The charity does not have a physical home. Hence, when billing organistaions, we usually use the Treasurer's address (which is where the bank accounts are registered…
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Can't talk to anyone at Lloyds Business bank about card declined
Hi all, In short, I have a business bank account with Lloyds. For some reason they have decided to do one of their security measures and stopped the card being used online for payments of goods until I phone them about it and get the restriction off the account. I need to purchases a few things for the company and I'm not…
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GMail / GSuite email reject small business emails and provides not help but causes damage
As a small UK business we run online international software with several users signing up to our service from GMail or from email powered by GSuite, the Google email service provided to run email on their server on behalf of your website/business. We have described how GMail decided to ban/reject emails from our website…
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Not received notice to submit tax return
Hi. I registered and submitted a tax return for my new business last year 2018/19. It shows in my online business account. It is now May and there is no sign of a tax return or any notices in my messages. I called HMRC first thing in the morning and the lady asked for my UTR etc and could see I hadn’t been sent one. She…
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Clarification for Business Cash Grants
Good evening, I was wondering if anyone could help me out? We are a small family run business, a Garage for servicing and repairs, and MOT's. As we pay rates we are not classed as a small business (although there is only my wife, myself, our daughter and two teenage apprentices) So can't claim the £10k cash Grant. Seeing…
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Top up to local business grant funds scheme
Hi, With regards the top up grant the government will give to councils to distribute. Does anyone know how this will work? It says the council will distribute funds at their discretion? I run my business from a unit and missed out on the small business relief grant as my unit is rural and was not registered with the…
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Moved: Joining Usborne Books at Home?
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Help needed for AA02 Dormant Companies Account webfiling
Hello, I have left this too late, it was supposed to be in today, and the helpline is closed. I have a company that has never traded, just one share issued and it was worth £1. But teh form keeps saying there is an error in what I m entering. It should be easy! I will get a huge fine, very stressed... please help if you…
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Advice on leaving rented premises
Hi all, new to the forum and not sure if this is the right
place for this? Also, it’s a long one so sorry in advance and if you do take time
to read it Thank you! I have a small business with my dad, it’s a small shop suppling
tiles, bathrooms and associated materials, we also provide a fitting service. I
must make it…
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Importing in USD - Small Business Help Please
Hi and thanks for reading. I am self employed and run a small business where I import stock bought in USD and sell in the UK in GBP. I am not VAT registered. I have always been left scratching my head as to the value of my stock as every time I buy it is of a different value due to exchange rates. How do I calculate the…
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Small Business Rate relief for a charity
I help out in a small charity which occupies a property with a rateable value of £7000 + car parking space rateable value £200 and we have been getting charitable rate relief of 80% (no top up). Due to the coronavirus, I have found out that small businesses which would occupy premises with the same rateable value would be…
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Business rates £10000 grant, how can tell if I am eligible?
I know the message was, that all the eligible business's would be contacted. I checked my business rates online for my office using the governments own website , I have rented my office for the past few years. But it does not mention anything about me having any kind of relief on my yearly rates on the governments website.…
